Support for trash can



Nov. 3, 1959 DUNAGAN r 2,911,180

SUPPORT FOR TRASH CAN Filed Aug. 31, 1956 u u'u 5 M a mmmw W MHND. O00 VUUH b n A RAW DE E 6 FIG-.1.

United States Patent a 2,911,180 1C Patented. Nov. 1. @1959 1 flThedevicetincludes a ,pair of...arcuategr ipping,a s

,-16,. 18. Each of..these curved through'slightly more ,thanminety: degrees .,of..acir,cle, andratone end, the arms .r2',9'11-,180 16, 18. areIformed' withalternating, aligned hinge sleeves 20, lzrreceivingthe pivot bolt 14.

"SUPPORTJFQRJIIM -At their outer ends, ,arms 16,. 18am formed with ,.Edg ar,,L..Dunagan,-:Lena,l?.fl)unagan, and outwardly rolledxlips'or flangesrreceivingbolts :24, '26 Kenneth M.:Dunagan, Carlsbad,. l.-.Mex. respectively. The bolts 24, 26. are disposed .in inverted positions, the vshanks of .the bolts projecting loosely through arcuate slots 27, 27,.-whieh slots atthe underside ot the base having widened portions 28, receiving :the heads of the-inverted:bolts..24.

The slots are curved aboutthe centerdefined by the I I .hingepin 14, and are positioned through the rolled sleeves Thisinyention' relates toqa supporting device-fora y Nuts-34-afe-threaded llpollithe Application August 31, 195 6,-Seria'l '*N0:160'7F',414

2. laims. (c a rs- 346 conventional trashcan. -Mo re ;part-ieularly,-:theinvention p y p i s ofathe bolts, and are-adapted hag :refepence a device fgthg; alga -peter.stated that will 1O bear against the-upper ends Of the. SlCGVBS Sl), 32 for Ldentally off thebase rand so that fur-ther, :it willbbe -P ;be adapted-to hold a trash a -tproperly centered p rp of lo g the 3. 8 13 in Selected P position upon arflatqbase, sorthat git vvillgv not slide; accitionsto which-they are-. adjusted about the axis of the properly contered if a IidJiftiIJgPmQG haDiSm h- -i By reason oftheconstruction illustrated. and described,

shown in Patent No. 2,862,683, issuedto us on December it will: beseen-that .the' arms .can be swung outwardly 3, 1958, "is employed. e to their full linepositionsvofFigure 2, the bolts or pins One object of --importance1 is to provide a support 124,26 inthesezeircumstances being disposed at the outer 4 device for a trash can which willjbe' inexpensively con- {ends ofi'the slots27. Then, the-container C can be posistructed, and-will-- be-adapted for e'r gaging a trash can tioned in the space between the arms, so as to be embraced 10f wholly conventional'design" and size, ..-bythe arms. The warms can Tbei-swung inwardly, :into A further object isto form-the support device iii-such g pp g n l e if desired, a manner'that a pair of gripping arms carried by asuitable rthe nuts .34 are turned home against the upper ends of base maybe pivotally swung-toward and away-from ;the sleevesSi), 32 for the purpose of locking thelarms 'one another,-'intoandOut-of-gripping-engagement with 3 sintheselectedpositions. the trash' can. it may be, noted ;that the construction permits the arms Still another object is to sodesign .the support device o w n y adiu between opp eXtreme P as to permit the 'trash can tobeslid forwardly out of :;=t n h0wn "s h uf a o lines-10f F g e engagement with .thesholdingarms, wheneverrit'rismeces- 80: 8 to acc mmoda h e m pp g fi sary to empty the trash can or move the same for any 3 of different sizes. In all positions to which the arms are other purpose. In this way, lifting of the trash can, adjusted, they will extend beyond a line drawn diametwhich may be quite heavy if fullyor substantially filled, rically of the lower end of the trash can perpendicularly is eliminated. to a second line also drawn diametrically of the bottom Still another object is to so design the support device of the container and passing through the hinge axis 14 for the trash. can as to permit the same to be associated 40 of the arms. In other Words, in the full line position with the can without any modification or redesign of of Figure 2, the arms are extended through more than the trash can. I 180 degrees of a circle, and in any other position to Still another object is to so design the device that the Which the arms are adjusted, they will still project forswingable arms are adjustable about a common pivot wardly a sufficient distance to begin to curve toward each axis, to permit the device to engage trash cans of difother at their outer ends, thus to insure that the confflent SiZeS- tainer will be securely gripped and properly centered Other Objects will appear from the following descripupon the base 10 P aPReHded thereto and from anne7ed The device has general utility, wherever it is desired to drawing, in which like reference characters desrgnate'llke maintain a trash can in a propgrly centered position upon throughout the seviaral Y and wtllleremz a base. This prevents accidental pushing of the trash lgure 1 1s a perspectlve VIEW 0 a support can oif the base, and promotes and encourages the proper in which the trash can has been illustrated fragmentarily and in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the support on an enlarged scale, the gripping arms being shown in full and dotted lines in dilferent positions of adjustment thereof;

location of the trash can upon its associated support, each time the trash'can is emptied and returned to place. Further, the device has particular utility when used with a mechanism for lifting the lid of the trash can. Such a mechanism makes it desirable that the trash can be and Figure 3 is a sectional view, still further enlarged, on p p y centered relative to the and although such line 3-3 of Figure 2. v a mechanism is not shown in the instant application, a Referring to the drawings in detail, the trash can mechanism of this type is illustrated in the above mensupport is adapted to hold a conventional trash can C, 1 doped Patent No, 2,862,683. and illFludes a base 10 Which is 0f y desired It is believed apparent that the invention is not necesfigllfatloll, but the 111l1trated example 13 of sarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof described cular configuration with a portlon thereof cut away to above, Since it may be utilized for any purpose to which provide astraight back edge 12.

Medially between opposite ends of the back edge 12, and spaced forwardly a short distance from said back edge, is a vertically disposed pivot bolt 14, the lower portion of which extends through a smooth-walled openm farmed in the base 10, said opening being counter 70 invention comprehends any rmnor change in construction bored at its lower end to receive a nut 15 threaded on that y be Pfi Within-the Scope of the pp the lower end of the pivot bolt (see Figure 3). claims.

it may be suited. Nor is the invention to be necessarily described, since such. construction is only intended to'be limited to the specific construction illustrated and illustrative of the principles, it being considered that the 3 What is claimed is: a 1. A trash can support comprising a flat base; a vertical hinge pin projecting upwardly therefrom; a pair of arcuate arms having inner ends connected to said hinge pin for swinging of the arms toward and away from each other into and out of engagement with a trash can disposed therebetween; and means limiting swinging movement of the arms in opposite directionsupon the base, comprising vertical pins to which the arms are connected at their other ends, the base having slots curved about the axis defined by the hinge pin and receiving the last named pins, said other ends of the arms having sleeves integrally formed thereon and loosely receiving the second named pins, said last named pins being threaded, said means further including nuts threaded upon the last named pins to bind the'arms againstthe base in selected positions to which the arms are swung, said slots opening upon the opposite faces of the base, said sleeves at one end contacting one of said faces of the base, said nuts abutting the other ends of the sleeves, the second named pins having heads engaging the opposite face of the base, thus to bind'thesleeves against said one face of the base to prevent movement of the arms from selected positions to which they are swung, responsive to threading of the nuts toward the heads of the second named pins, each arm being curved continuously from end to end thereof through substantially 90 degrees, said hinge pin, sleeves, and last named pins all being disposed wholly exteriorly of the arcs defined by the respective arms.

2. A trash can support comprising a flat base, a vertical hinge pin projecting upwardly therefrom; a pair of arcuate arms having inner ends connected to said hinge pin for swinging of the arms toward and away from each other into and out of engagement with .a trash can disposed therebetween; and means limiting swinging movement of the arms in opposite directions upon thebase, comprising vertical pins to which the arms are connected :at their other ends, the base having slots curved about 2,911,180 I 4 Us the axis defined by the hinge pin and receiving the last named pins, saidother ends of the arms having sleeves integrally formed thereonand loosely receiving the second named pins, said last named pins being threaded, said means further including nuts threaded upon the last named pins to bind the arms against the base in selected positions to which the arms are swung, said slots opening upon the opposite faces of the 'base, said sleeves at one end contacting one of said faces of the base, said nuts abutting the other ends of the sleeves, the second named pins having heads engaging the opposite face of the base, thus to bind the sleeves against said one face of the base to prevent movement of the arms from selected positions to which they are swung, responsive to threading of the nuts toward the heads of the second named pins, each arm being curved continuously from end to end thereof through substantially degrees, said hinge pin, sleeves, and last named pins all being disposed wholly exteriorly of the arcs defined by the respective arms, said base having downwardly opening recesses formed in its underside, said recesses communicating with the slots over the full length of the slots and being wider than the slots, the heads of the last named pins being disposed Wholly within said recesses and extending over substantially th fullwidth of the recesses. I

References Cited in the fileof this patent UNITED STATES "PATENTS Italy May 26, 1927 

